Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2 Released: Installation Steps

Note : The content of this article is taken as-is from the release notes of Windows Phone SDK 7.1. Please read the release document more carefully. I have listed the breaking release points as-is from there. The original content is in the release notes.
 
On 27th June 2011 Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2 was released.


You can download it from following link,

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=26648

Release information is as below:



If you installed Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 Beta 1, you must uninstall it before installing Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2.

A few points:

1. There are many known issues in the release. So before installing, read the release document very carefully.
2. There are many breaking changes like:
   
   
   • Touch input for the ScrollViewer and ListBox controls happen on an independent thread by default, instead of on the UI thread.
   • Image decoding happens on a background thread by default, instead of on the UI thread.
   • The TaiwanCalendar class has been removed from the API.
   • The OnCancel override method was removed from the ScheduledTaskAgent class.
   • The IsRunningSlowly property was removed from the GameTimerEventArgs class.
   • IExecuteResult was removed from the Windows Phone OS 7.1 API.
   • The MotionReading property types have changed.
   • The Background Transfer Service folder in isolated storage was renamed.
   • Tile data in isolated storage must use the folder Shared\ShellContent.
   • The ShellTileEnumerator class was removed.
   • Background agents are not launched in the debugger by using the Add and Find methods.
   • The maximum and default database and buffer pool size values are now lower for SQLCE databases.
   • Connection string parameters that are not supported are removed.
   • Microsoft.Devices.YCrCbPixelLayout was renamed to Microsoft.Devices.YCbCrPixelLayout.
   • Microsoft.Devices.CaptureResolution was removed.

Installation of Winows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2

First uninstall Windows Phone SDK 7.1. Then uninstall the following items:

1. Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta
2. Windows Phone Emulator (Beta)
3. Microsoft Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1
   
   
   

After uninstalling Beta 1 install Beta 2.

Screen shorts are as below:









Enjoy with Windows Phone 7.1 Beta 2